Yodel took parcel they shouldn't have - any recourse?

Manxman_in_exile

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Manxman_in_exile said:

TELLIT01 said:

Manxman_in_exile said:

Are you suggesting that leEh?aving the parcel outside the OP's property on top of another parcel that has been left out for collection by somebody else satisfies the trader's responsibility under s29(2) Consumer Rights Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)?

Or are you explicitly accusing the OP of preparing to commit fraud?

How would the person who delivered the package know that the stuff already there wasn't a previous delivery rather than something awaiting collection.  I suspect most delivery drivers have better things to do with their time than check other packages.

Sorry - I don't understand what you mean.

I don't know how the person delivering the package would have known that the stuff already there wasn't a previous delivery because I'm not suggesting that they should have known.  (And I don't see why it might be relevant either.  The fact that a previous delivery man hasn't complied with the legislation is no reason why a subsequent one shouldn't).

What I'm basically asking Farfetch1 is whether they think that leaving a delivery unattended outside a consumer's house fulfills a trader's responsibility to deliver goods into a consumer's "physical possession".

I don't think it does.  But Farfetch1 appears to be suggesting - rather explicitly - that the OP might be taking advantage of the strict wording of s29 of the Act to commit fraud (ie that the OP has actually got the goods in question, but because they weren't delivered straight into their hands as required by the legislation that they are fraudulently going to claim that they never received them.)

Now that might not be what Farfetch1 intended to say, but I don't see any other way of interpreting this post of theirs:

Farfetch1 said:

Committing fraud is hardly the way forward.

These frivolous "it wasn't in my possession" claims will fall flat in court. The OP needs the chase the entity that took their parcel, Yodel.

If that isn't what they meant, I apologise, but I can't see any other way of interpreting their words.

[Edit:  I prefer to take an OP's posts at face value and assume that they are telling the truth rather than assume they are not telling the truth or are asking for advice on how to commit fraud]

Perhaps you don’t recognise the poster mentioning fraud  

Ha!  I thought the view and syntax seemed familiar but didn't recognise anything else.

If you mean who I think you mean, I haven't noticed their presence around here for months.  Have I missed them?